Ligari

Title: Ligari
Performer / Recordist: Wasiole Waliaula with Bukusu men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Bukusu (African people); Folk music--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "The railway made it easier for people to travel and for goods to be brought into our country." The two strings of the lute were tuned to 256 vs. and 196 vs. giving an interval of 462 cents. There is little melody in this item. It is more of a recitation to a ground. Topical song, with Sihilili 2 string lute and piece of Iron (-12.16-).
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Bukusu
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Malakasi
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR162; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:36
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176499